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Friday, August 31, 2012

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. Mine went pretty fast and that is always a good thing. My card today was made for a sketch challenge at Created With Love Challenges. I love sketch challenges, it helps take the guess work out of where to start with your card design. This Bird Thinking of You card was made combining the sketch and colours from the weekly ColourQ challenge. I also used polka dotted paper to be included in the Use Your Stuff challenge. Three is usually my limit on combining challenges, any more than that and I'm never happy with the results. I hope you will play along at Created With Love Challenges!!! This week is a triple challenge week. Make sure you check out the other two challenges:

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Good morning! Created With Love Challenges has a Wednesday challenge full of furry cuteness. The challenge is to create a card featuring a furry friend. My Furry Friend Hello Card features a digital stamp called Theodore Flowers from Bugaboo Stamps. I colored the image with Copic markers and added small purple rhinestones in the center of each flower. To create the design I used a sketch from the Stella Says Sketch challenge from the Catch The Bug blog. Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you play along with the furry friends challenge.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

It is evident that I have fallen behind on some of my favorite challenges. There are so many that it's hard to keep up. This afternoon I realized that I only had a few hours left to create a card for The Play Date Cafe's color splash challenge. Since I was pressed for time I went with my favorite glittered zebra patterned paper and created this Great Birthday Card. The splash of green is lucky limeade by Stampin' Up! and the bling is by Recollections. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Monday, August 27, 2012

Wow, this is my third post in one day! Don't get used to this, it probably won't happen again. This Googly Eyes Halloween Card was made using the Mojo Monday sketch. All supplies for this card are from Stampin' Up! unless noted.

Good afternoon! I was sifting through the challenges on my desk and realized I needed to make a card for the CR84FN61 Color Challenge. I love color challenges and I love combining them with a sketch challenge. I found a wonderful sketch at My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge. The two challenges worked really well together to create this Smallest Things Card. Thanks for stopping by my blog and stay tuned for my MOJO Monday card.

Good morning! Today is another challenge at Created With Love Challenges. The theme is to create a sympathy card with a Bible verse. For my card I used the stained glass cross digital stamp from Sweet n' Sassy stamps. I colored the image with various Copic markers and used diamond Stickles to accent the cross. For the design of the card I wanted to keep it simple. The stained glass image is beautiful and I wanted the card to have a classic look. To create the decorative edges I used a Fiskars three petal corner punch on the black patterned paper by My Minds Eye. The iridescent white ribbon helps to soften the look and I used foam squares to adhere the center image. Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you will play along with the challenge.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Welcome to my late night Saturday post. Do you ever find yourself looking for excuses to buy a new crafting item? For the last several months I really wanted to buy the Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge, but I always convinced myself to wait. Then, Friday morning I read the CAS-ual Fridays challenge is for banners and flags, and at that point I really wished I had purchased it. So what did I do? You guessed it, I went and bought it, and that's how I made the banner on this Paisley Banner Thank You Card. I added the floral embellishment to give the card a little romantic flair. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Happy Saturday everyone! This morning we have thunder and rain outside, hooray!!! I seized the opportunity to make a card for a couple of challenges. This Warmest Wishes Card was made using this weeks challenge theme of GREEN at CASology and the repetition challenge at Moxie Fab World. Green is one of my favorite colors and I loved using the different shades in this card. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a FABulous day!

Warmest Wishes Card Supplies*:

Paper: White, lucky limeade, and gumball green card stock.

Stamps: Bright Blossoms stamp set (125497) and Blooming with Kindness stamp set (126422).

Friday, August 24, 2012

Once a month I meet with a Stampin' Up! club and we use the Big Shot to create our projects. Recently, we created a treat bag using the Fancy Favor Bigz die. The Bordering on Romance floral image was stamped on watercolor paper and we used stampin' write markers and the blending marker to color the image. The butterfly image was stamped with Papillon Potpourri and punched with the Elegant Butterfly punch. We also used the Itty Bitty Banners and Framelits Dies and stampin' dimensionals. It turned out really pretty. We also created a small matching enclosure card and envelope using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a crafty day!

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Fall continues to be on my mind, it can't get here soon enough. I love the sound of crunching leaves beneath my feet. My husband laughs at me because I walk through leaf pills just to hear the crunching noise. Unfortunately, with our really hot dry summer the leaves have already started to fall here in Oklahoma. It looks like we won't have a pretty display of colorful leaves this year. The trees are turning from green to brown.

Now, onto the card that you stopped by to see. This Caring Thoughts Card was made using this weeks Freshly Made Sketch designed by Jen Mitchell. I was inspired by Allisa Chilton's Thanksgiving card that features some really pretty stamped leaves. The smaller leaves on my card were punched with a Creative Memories punch. The larger leaf was part of a package of die cuts. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Oh! COFFEE..... where do I start? I could probably write a book about my love for coffee, but you came to my blog to see a card. This Stop and Smell the Coffee Card was made using a digital stamp by Bugaboo Stamps. I used the Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch The Bug to create this card. You probably noticed that I did a little distressing, which is not something I do often, but I saw a lot of it at the CKC Convention over the weekend and thought I would give it a try. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a crafty day!

Monday, August 20, 2012

It's time for another Mojo Monday sketch challenge. This smallest things card reflects my desire for fall to arrive. I love fall colors, the colors of the changing leaves and the mums in my garden. Oh, and the smell of pumpkin bread in the oven, yum! There is thirty-three days until the official start of fall but in my craft room fall has already arrived. Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I'm super happy to post my first design team inspirational card for the Created With Love Challenges Blog. The theme this week is 3 of a Kind. My card features a digital stamp image from our sponsor Delicious Doodles. The image of three Ravens immediately inspired a Halloween card. I sponged the background with orange and purple ink and then used the same colors to accent the card. I hope this inspires you to play along and have a crafty day!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

I'm running a little behind entering my usual challenges. I guess I'll go with the saying that it's better late than never. The theme challenge at CAS-ual Fridays: Splish Splash prompted me to create this Un"frog"etable Card. I couldn't resist using this cute frog image and sentiment from Rubbernecker Stamps. I colored the frog with stampin' write and Copic markers. For the water I sponged on two different blue colors and then went over it with tahitian colored twinkling H2O's to give the water a little shimmer. I fussy cut the frog image and adhered with dimensionals. Twinkling H2O's is a product I saw demonstrated at the CKC convention. You use it with water and a paint brush. I really like the subtle shimmer it adds. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
*This card is also linked to the wonderful Make It Monday card blog.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Well, yesterday was a whirlwind of various classes at the CKC Scrapbook Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was the first time for me to attend the convention. I took several classes and did a little shopping. Here is the Have a Cherry Day Card I made during the Artful Card Creations class. We used a Hot Off the Press kit to create this card, which I never do, but it is a quick way to make multiple cards. I love the colors and the class was a lot of fun.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

This week has really flown by! There is a lot going on, but I made time to create a card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. The sketch by Tui Nathan was perfect to ink up my new Blooming with Kindness stamp set by Stampin' Up! I used the watercolor paper, stampin' write markers, and blender pen to create the focal point on this floral kindness card. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a crafty day!

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Digital stamps are quickly becoming my new favorite thing. When I found a new challenge this week sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps I quickly joined in. This Penguin Birthday Card was made for the new challenge called Created With Love Challenges. This weeks theme is birthdays. You have plenty of time to play along, so go ahead, you know you want to.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Happy Monday fellow card making enthusiasts! This morning I've been busy doing laundry and of course making a card for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. This I'm Here for You Card features all products from Stampin' Up!. I recently joined the Stampin' Up! family and I'm excited to start using more of their products.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

There are two things I obviously can't do well together and they are watch the final Olympics ceremony and make a card. Therefore, this Cat Thinking of You Card took much longer to finish than normal. I created this card for the Four Legged Friends challenge at the DYSU Challenge Blog. The card features a Garden Cat digital stamp by Bugaboo Stamps who is one of the sponsors this week. I colored the image with Copic markers added a little rhinestone in the middle of the flower and finished it off with orange doodle twine. I love the colors in the Brown Funky Flowers patterned paper by DCWV. Well, that's it for me. It's time for bed!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Combining challenges can be a creative kick start to a card creation. Today, The Play Date Cafe color challenge meets the Card Positioning Systems sketch challenge. Once you have a color scheme and a sketch. everything else is in the details. This Bright Heart Card features a embossed background enhanced with the sponging technique. This technique comes in handy when I don't have patterned paper with the right colors. I love how this one turned out. Have a happy and crafty Saturday!

Friday, August 10, 2012

There are many uses for this You're Super Card created for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The challenge is to make a square card. This card is a 5" square with a Superman emblem cut using the Cricut machine and Superman cartridge (291071). My husband was the inspiration behind this card. Our fifteenth anniversary is next month and I may just turn this into an anniversary card, because he is a SUPER guy. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a crafty day!

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Two of my favorite colors are included in the CR84FN color challenge. Those colors are purple and green, so of course I had to play along. I knew I wanted to use butterflies and the blue zebra patterned paper. This triple butterfly card design evolved from my first idea. I originally had the zebra paper turned horizontally but, I just didn't like it. After I played around a bit and added some twine, this is how it ended up.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

I'm counting down the days until Halloween. By my calculations we have 83 days until this spooky fun holiday. That gives me plenty of time to make Halloween cards for my friends and family. This Happy Halloween Card was made using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. This sketch is very versatile and can easily be used for many different occasions.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

When I saw the colours for the ColourQ challenge this week my jaw dropped. It was a good jaw drop, one in awe. Awe... I love those colours to be exact. Luckily my cardstock stash was stocked with three of the four colours. I decided to do a little colour blocking with heat embossing details. Since I love the new Curly Cute stamp set by Stampin' Up! I came up with this Curly Swirly Congratulations Card.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Oh how I love this weeks Mojo Monday sketch!!! I used patterned paper from Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary Collection to create this Vintage Floral Thank You Card. The silhouette image was cut with the Cricut machine. It's funny as I was making this card I realized that the floral patterned paper reminded me of a shirt I made in college for one of my sewing classes. Don't you love flashbacks from the past? I still have the shirt. My husband keeps telling me to donate it but it's hard to get rid of things I have an emotional attachment to. Oh well, back to the card, I'm super happy with the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a crafty day!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

BOO! says the cute little candy corn ghost. This Candy Corn Halloween Card was made using a digital stamp by Bugaboo Stamps. It was made using the Stella Says Sketch challenge at the Catch The Bug Challenge Blog. The sketch was a little challenging but I'm really happy with the end result. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great and crafty week!

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Happy Saturday! Today it's hot again here in Oklahoma. Hot weather equals indoor crafting time for me. So, today I made this Hi! Card using colours from the ColourQ challenge and the sketch from Retro Sketches. I love participating in both of these challenges and it seems I combine them quite often. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Stay cool and have a crafty day!

Friday, August 3, 2012

This weeks CASology challenge cue word is: BIRD. Being an avid lover of our feathered friends this was a challenge I couldn't pass up. The only problem was deciding what bird stamp to use. Finally, I decided on the new Blissful Bird stamp by Stampin' Up! This stamp and the bird builder punch are two of my crafting favorites.

Happy Friday everyone! Along with Friday comes another amazing CAS-ual Friday challenge. The challenge is CFC64: Clean And Simple projects
featuring things you'd see in the sky. I chose a rainbow. Although I haven't seen one in awhile, I would really like to. Mainly because we could seriously use some rain to help with our drought conditions. So, until the rain arrives I'm going to remember to count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

The Happy Birthday Flourish card made today was inspired by the color challenge at The Play Date Cafe and this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. The Happy Birthday Flourish stamp by Inkadinkado fit perfectly in the shape cut by my Cricut machine. I love it when my crafty ideas actually work out.

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A crafting enthusiast for as long as I can remember. I love all things creative especially making handmade cards. I've been married for twenty years and we live in Oklahoma. We have three adorable felines who make life interesting.